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Tom Brady Is Already Trying To Cheat The Tampa Bay Buccaneers Into The NFL Elite

Tom Brady has spent less than four months with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but it hasn't mattered. He resembles the same guy who bent NFL rules over the past two decades like crazy with the New England Patriots.
Terence Moore|
Tom Brady Is Already Trying To Cheat The Tampa Bay Buccaneers Into The NFL Elite
Tom Brady Is Already Trying To Cheat The Tampa Bay Buccaneers Into The NFL Elite

During Tom Brady's 20 years in the NFL with the New England Patriots, he got away with everything.

SpyGate. DeflateGate. 

Any "Gate" you can name.

So this makes sense.

Soon after Brady spent the offseason signing a two-year contract as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he became, well, um, Tom Brady.

That's splendid news if you're into the Bucs.

Not so much for everybody else.

Here's the latest chapter in the hefty Brady book called, "Advanced Cheating For Those Who Don't Need It, But Why Not Do It If You Can Get Away With It?"

Courtesy of COVID-19, state and local authorities around Brady's world in Tampa forbid public gatherings of more than 10 people. So the future Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback has spent at least the last couple of weeks at a Tampa-area high school doing passing drills with (ahem) several of his teammates.

Are we talking about 10 or less players?

Maybe. Then again, it depends on whether you count folks more than once during some of these Brady-led sessions. This nearly 43-year-old master of finding loopholes in NFL rules is trying to get a jump on his peers.

Actually, Patriots coach Bill Belichick was the master along these lines and Brady was the mentee.

Whatever the case, Brady has transferred what he learned from his Patriots days to Tampa in ways beyond just his latest team workouts.

Barely a month after Brady signed with the Bucs, a city worker discovered the guy throwing passes with somebody in a Tampa park, when such places were closed at the time due to the coronavirus.  

Then there was the time Brady visited with Bucs offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich before the start of Organized Team Activities (OTAs), which wasn't allowed by NFL rules.

The penalty for Brady after each of those things?

Nothing.

He's Tom Brady.

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Terence Moore
TERENCE MOORE

I started as a professional sports journalist in 1978 at the Cincinnati Enquirer after I graduated from Miami (Ohio) University, and I’ve been doing the same thing ever since. I also appear on national television, and I’m part of a weekly TV show in Atlanta. I’ve done everything from ESPN to MSNBC to The Oprah Winfrey Show. As for writing, I’ve gone from working for major newspapers in San Francisco and Atlanta to operating as a national columnist at AOL Sports, MLB.com, Sports On Earth.com and CNN.Com. I’ve covered a slew of sporting events. I’ve done 30 Super Bowls, numerous World Series and NBA Finals games, Final Fours, several Indianapolis 500, Daytona 500 and other auto races, major prize fights and golf tournaments, college football bowl games and more. I’ve also won national, state and local awards along the way.

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